43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.


In Context

40 For as Jonah was three days and three nights in the belly of the whale, so will the Son of Man be three days and three nights in the heart of the earth.

41 The men of Nineveh will stand up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for they repented at the preaching of Jonah; and behold, someone greater than Jonah is here.

42 The queen of the south will rise up in the judgment with this generation, and will condemn it, for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon; and behold, someone greater than Solomon is here.

43 But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passes through waterless places, seeking rest, and doesn't find it.

44 Then he says, 'I will return into my house from which I came out,' and when he has come back, he finds it empty, swept, and put in order.

45 Then he goes, and takes with himself seven other spirits more evil than he is, and they enter in and dwell there. The last state of that man becomes worse than the first. Even so will it be also to this evil generation.|

Matthew 12:43 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and findeth none.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

12:43"When an evil spirit comes out of a man, it goes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

12:43And when an unclean spirit is gone out of a man he walketh through dry places seeking rest, and findeth none.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:43But when the unclean spirit has gone out of the man, he goes through dry places, seeking rest, and does not find it.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

12:43But the unclean spirit, when he is gone out of the man, passeth through waterless places, seeking rest, and findeth it not.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walketh through dry places, seeking rest, and he findeth none.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

12:43'And, when the unclean spirit may go forth from the man, it doth walk through dry places seeking rest, and doth not find;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

12:43When the unclean spirit is gone out of a man, he walks through dry places, seeking rest, and finds none.